{"id":910,"date":"2015-09-17T18:40:24","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T18:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/melissa\/?p=910"},"modified":"2015-10-04T13:55:57","modified_gmt":"2015-10-04T13:55:57","slug":"ada-lovelace-day-edinburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/melissa\/2015\/09\/17\/ada-lovelace-day-edinburgh\/","title":{"rendered":"Ada Lovelace Day, Edinburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_911\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-911\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/melissa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Donate_lego.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-911 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/melissa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Donate_lego-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Donate_lego\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/melissa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Donate_lego-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/melissa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Donate_lego.jpg 623w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-911\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(c) Stewart Cromar 2015 Vote now to make it real https:\/\/ideas.lego.com\/projects\/102740<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The University of Edinburgh will be hosting Ada Lovelace Day on Tuesday 13th October 2015 \u2013 an international celebration of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). You are all welcome, please join us.<\/p>\n<p>Our provisional schedule\u00a0includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>composing music with algorithms<\/li>\n<li>building Raspberry Pi enclosures with <a href=\"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/ada-lovelace-day\/lego-donations-wanted\/\">LEGO<\/a><\/li>\n<li>metadata games in University of Edinburgh\u2019s Library and University Collections<\/li>\n<li>Wikipedia training session and\u00a0edit-a-thon<\/li>\n<li>Ada buns<\/li>\n<li>guest speakers<\/li>\n<li>and much more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Book now.<\/p>\n<p>Schedule:<br \/>\nMorning (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.events.ed.ac.uk\/index.cfm?event=book&amp;scheduleID=17806\">booking link<\/a>)<br \/>\n11:00-11:30 Introduction to the day with speakers on Lovelace, research using LEGO, programming and games (Melissa Highton, Katya Krasnopeeva &amp; Judy Robertson)<\/p>\n<p>11:30 \u2013 14:00 Fun with data, algorithms, and Pi:\u00a0 hands-on sessions (drop-in)<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 compose your own music with algorithms &#8211; sessions running at these times: 11:30 &#8211; 12:15; 12:15 &#8211; 13:00; 13:00 &#8211; 14:00<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 build your own Raspberry Pi enclosures with LEGO\u00a0 &#8211; sessions running at these times: 11:30 &#8211; 13:00; 13:00 &#8211; 14:00<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 play and compete in metadata games (University of Edinburgh\u2019s Library and University Collections division) &#8211; sessions running at these times: 11:30 &#8211; 13:00; 13:00 &#8211; 14:00<\/p>\n<p>Afternoon (<a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/p5h96lm\">booking link<\/a>)<br \/>\n14:00 \u2013 17:00 Wikipedia Editathon<br \/>\nJoin us to raise profile of women in computer science &amp; inspire a new generation!\u00a0 Receive expert advice and training so that you can, edit and publish articles for Wikipedia. Then publish new articles or improve existing articles about prominent Edinburgh University women, past and present, who are under-represented within Wikipedia.<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 14:00-15:00 Wikipedia training<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 15:00 Afternoon tea (catering provided)<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 15:15-17:00 Wikipedia Editing and Publishing: Edinburgh\u2019s women in Computer Science<\/p>\n<p>*You are welcome to bring your own topics of interest to write Wikipedia articles about too.<\/p>\n<p>#ALD15 #ALD15Eduni<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/ada-lovelace-day\/\">http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/ada-lovelace-day\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DigitalEdUni\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/DigitalEdUni<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Edinburgh will be hosting Ada Lovelace Day on Tuesday 13th October 2015 \u2013 an international celebration of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). 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